Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Museum of Material Failures
It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An outlet for connecting to memories of lost loved ones and saying goodbyes you never got to say.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
The site where nine miners were trapped underground for over 77 hours in 2002.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
Pleasantville, Pennsylvania
A collection of bite-sized buildings creates a magical mini village in the Pennsylvania mountains.
Windber, Pennsylvania
Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.
Imler, Pennsylvania
It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.
Loretto, Pennsylvania
The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.
Middletown, Pennsylvania
On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.
Lilly, Pennsylvania
This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Hillsborough, North Carolina
One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.
Creedmoor, North Carolina
Artisans have been gathering in North Carolina since 1989 to show off whimsical takes on an everyday item.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.
Durham, North Carolina
This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.
Angier, North Carolina
A lovingly created and maintained collection of decorative gourd art.
Raleigh, North Carolina
In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.
Westerly, Rhode Island
Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.